ATTENUANTS, or ATTENUATING MEDICINES, such as subtilize or break the humours into finer parts; and thus dispose them for motion, circulation, excretion, etc. See ATTENUATION and HUMOUR.
Attenuants stand opposed to thickners, or medicines which condense, inspissate, etc. See DETERGENT.
ATTENUANTS
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